The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-05


Exalssu sporssmen Who pus up MONEY
On the Thistls ere reported % b IN Ne
dumps On account q performances q ths
Volnnoeog.
TnE Ports he's dismisssd the Turkish -
serves which have Cor some time past hecn
held In readiness % answer the demands
Of IN emergency.
AMONG the passenger who sailed from
New York for Europe ON thu steamer Ger
manic ON the 9Th Was Governor John ,.
Marmaduke, Of Missouri.
THE Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
on tho 9TH. appointed : committee % In
vite President Cleveland 20 visit cincin-
natl during his Western tour this fall.
Boys ~ play In Clinton, L., ON the 9TH,
set flre 10 : barn in . thickly -settled part
Of the city. The Baptist Church and four
residences were destroyed, and half .
dozen other structures were badly dam
aged. The loss l. about $4,000, only part
" insured.
THE Bulgarian regents have proclaimed
amnesty 70 Bulgarian offenders who have
taken refuge In Turkey, except those who
are charged with criminal acts.
THE block occupied by the Humphrey
Bros. Hardware Company, A. W. Jansen,
furniture, and others, at Lincoln. Neb.,
was destroyed BY lire on the 37th. Losses
aggregate $4,000; partially insured.
A DELEcArloS from Lynchburg, Va,
headed by Senator Daniel, called on the
President on the 2sth and invited him 70
attend the State fair to he held At Lynch
bur3 in October next. The President
promised 70 consider the invitation, and
said he would give them . decided answer
At . later day.
ErrHu z. JACKSON was nominated for
Governor OF Maryland by the Democratic
convention on the 25th-
AT Baker City, Ore, on the 9th, Sheriff
Smith arrested Andrew Hamilton. alias
Dick Crayton, for . murder committed in
Pike County, H., in 1873. The arrest was
made on . requisition from Governor
Oglesby.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed at
Catholic university In America, and : con-
ference viii be held on August 7, to decide
upon its location
a PASSENGER train north collided with .
freight train south q Foxbury, Pa, on the
9th, killing w. d. Jones, Of Pittsburgh,
passenger, and injuring several other pas
sengers-
THE Riverside Iron and Steel works At
Cincinnati, w. p. Harris, superintendent,
and A. L. p. Gasre, secretary, have assign
ed TO John 8. Corners. Liabilities 100000.
THE American Paper Makers Associa-
ton held its annual session at Saratoga, n.
". on the 27th. Hon. Byron Weston, Of
Dalton, called the meeting to order, and
made an address Of welcome. United
States Senator Dawes made an address ON
Paper and the Tariff"
The schooner Matthew Murray returned
70 Gloucester, Mass, on the 9th. from the
bay fishing grounds without having been
able to catch fare Of msckerel. She tore
her seine and put into Malpeque to repair IL,
but was told BY the collector, that to repair
the seine on shore would be preparing TO
fish, and therefore unlawful. He could
not repair il on board, % be had TO come
home.
THK board appointed by the Secretary Of
War. consisting Of Inspector-General
Farnsworth, Captain d. n. Taylor Of the
Ordnance Department, and Mr.. Tolman,
chief Of the division Of acquisitions and &C
counts, War Department, has completed
thorough examination Of the books and &C
counts Of disbursing Officer Yeatman Of
the War Department. The report Of the
board shows everything to be absolutely
correct.
THE Porte has decided to reopen nego-
tiations with England for the settlement
Of the Egyptian question. The object Of
the Porte IL that the negotiations shall
proceed without the other powers being
consulted.
NrxErY-FoUR members Of the Paris police
force handed to their superior officers on
the 27th silver watches bearing the en-
graved inscription, souvenir Boulanger,
July 7th,r which had been delivered at
tn-lr homes BY unknown persons. The po-
lice department has ordered an inquiry.